Post-legislative Scrutiny

Post-legislative Scrutiny

On 29 September 2016, the Parliament agreed that the Public Audit Committee should include post-legislative scrutiny (PLS) within its remit. This means that the Committee can consider previous Acts of the Scottish Parliament to determine whether they have achieved their intended purpose. This could involve examining a specific part of an Act rather than examining the legislation as a whole. Other committees of the Parliament have always been able to undertake PLS and will continue to do so.

We invited views from stakeholders and members of the public on which Acts we should examine, using the following checklist.

Consideration

Various Acts met the criteria for consideration from which the Committee shortlisted five. These are set out below and will form the basis of the Committee’s PLS work programme:

The Committee ran a call for evidence on the biodiversity and biodiversity reporting duties placed on public bodies between 29 January 2018 and 23 March 2018. Further information can be found on the website.

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